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Honoring Girl Scout Promote The Vote Poster Contest Winners Girl Scouts from Oregon and SW Washington earned Voter Girl Patches and completed Democracy Badge steps during STEM Day November 7 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds. Hundreds visited our Girls Lead booth to vote, learn about civics, and pledge actions they will take in their communities to lead. Our three PROMOTE THE VOTE Poster Contest winners were honored for their inspirational work! Their artistry will be used for years to come to encourage voting in our communities. Congratulations to our three Girl Scout Poster Contest winners! Left to Right: Avery, Alice, and Veronica Voter Girl Meg Thompson, LWVOR President Mark Kendall, LWVOR Events Chair Eileen Burke-Trent, and GSOSW Program Specialist Jennifer Crouch spoke to the dedication and leadership of our three winners, and the many artists who created change in their communities. This fall local league volunteers joined Girl Scout troops across Oregon – together held Ballot Count Observations, Promote the Vote Postering, community forums, and Democracy Badge activities. Oregon Secretary of State, Tobias Read, and Girl Scout Volunteers Bike-Bus-to-the-Ballot-Box Special thanks to our STEM Day volunteers: LWV Clark County for their Civics Ed activity, LWV Marion/Polk for staging two Voting Experience booths and LWV Clackamas for leading our Leadership Pledge. Thanks to our local Poster Judges: Girl Scout Service Unit Coordinator Cindy Myers of LWV Curry County and artist Katherine Longstreth of LWVPDX, who evaluated each work of civic art with care and respect. Special thanks to international Artist Andrea Pippins of LWV Unite and Rise for being our lead judge! Girl Scout volunteers joined LWVPDX for the Bike-Bus-to-the Ballot-Box on October 24. Our fabulous young leaders met Secretary of State, Tobias Read and provided a Civics Voting Experience. Girls lead!

Oregon Students from Across the State Voted in the LWVOR Mock Election by Mimi Alkire (LWVOR Secretary, OSME, Youth Outreach) The 2026 General Mock Election is history, with students voting between October 19th and 23rd. From small rural districts to major metro schools, educators across Oregon rallied together this year to register nearly 13,500 students to have the opportunity to participate in democracy as informed voters, practicing voting with their own realistic mock ballots. Voting results flowed in from schools located in Albany, Beaverton, Corvallis, Cove, Dayville, Dufur, Eugene, Gold Beach, Grants Pass, Hillsboro, Klamath Falls, LaGrande, Lake Oswego, North Bend, Milwaukie, Pendleton, Pine Eagle, Portland (Centennial SD, David Douglas SD, Reynolds SD, and PPS), Neah-Kah-Nie, Rockaway, Roseburg, Salem, Silver Falls, West Linn, and Winston. Students voted for Oregon Governor, US Senator, and for their US House of Representative. There were 7 ballots total, with one for each of the six US House Districts and a seventh for a teacher who requested a few local races. The student voting results were due by October 26th and the press release went out at the end of that day to all the participating teachers. The Results: Tina Kotek won the Oregon Governor election with 55% of the student vote. Jeff Merkley was elected US Senator with 57% of the student vote. For US House of Representatives students elected the following candidates with the given percentage of student vote: District 1: Suzanne Bonamici -- 79% District 2: Cliff Bentz – 53% District 3: Maxine Dexter – 85% District 4: Val Hoyle – 48% District 5: Janelle Bynum – 74% District 6: Andrea Salinas – 79% Participating Teachers Shared Their Thoughts: “This was great and the kids really enjoyed it. I made sure we went through the voters’ pamphlet for each candidate so that they made informed choices.” “This was a fantastic way for students to understand the voting process and become involved. Thank you for creating this opportunity! Looking forward to discussing the results.” “This was a great experience for me and my students. We had a very smooth time of it, and I really appreciated all of the resources. Thank you!”

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Youth Civic Engagement Summit Thank you for attending LWVOR's Youth Civic Engagement Summit! Learn more about Youth Council and our mission to educate young and soon-to-be voters! View or print the event program here. Please let us know about your experience at the event. Submit your event feedback form here . Agenda 10:00-10:20 Welcome/Intros/Setting Expectations/Group Norms 10:20-10:50 Workshop #1: Advocacy in Digital Spaces and How to Combat Misinformation and Disinformation 11:00-11:20 Networking/Community Building and/or Break 11:20-12:20 Workshop #2: Advocacy & Protest Safety w/ interactive zine-making session 12:20-12:30 Transition to lunch 12:30-1:15 Lunch 1:15-2:00 Workshop #3: Leap Into the Legislature (Includes interactive build your own elevator pitch session) 2:00-2:45 Roundtable/Q&A 2:45-3:00 Commitments/Closing/Thank yous Program and Other Resources Roundtable Q&A Submission Form Printable program available here , featuring Youth Council member bios and full event agenda See full Youth Council member bios DEIJ Toolkit (link available soon) Thank you to our sponsors and supporters! This program is made possible in part by a grant from Oregon Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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